search & rescue team
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who was in charge of the nine-member National Park Service (NPS) Search and Rescue team that saved the life of a Fagasa man lost on the top of Mt. Alava last Thursday night spoke to Samoa News about their mission that night — describing it as “dangerous and...

![Members of the National Park Service (NPS) Search and Rescue Team who rescued a Fagasa man from atop Mt. Alava last Thursday night — pictured with the gear they used during the rescue mission. [photo by NPS] Members of the NPS search and rescue team](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nps_rescue_crew_0316.jpg?itok=4AoqU2lS)